Pennsylvania Statutes Title 25 P.S. Elections & Electoral Districts § 3001. Definition of terms

(1) The words “ballot labels” shall mean the cards, paper or other material, containing the names of offices and candidates and statements of questions to be voted on;

(2) The word “diagram” shall mean an illustration of the official ballot, when placed upon the machine, showing the names of the parties, bodies, offices and candidates, and statements of the questions, in their proper places, and shall be considered a specimen ballot;

(3) The word “question” shall mean a statement of such constitutional amendment or other proposition as shall be submitted to a popular vote at any election;

(4) The words “irregular ballot” shall mean the paper or other material on which a vote is cast on a voting machine for persons whose names do not appear on the ballot labels;

(5) The words “vote indicator” shall mean those devices with which votes are indicated for candidates, or for or against questions;

(6) The words “candidate counters,” and “question counters,” shall mean the counters on which are registered numerically the votes cast for candidates, and on questions, respectively;

(7) The words “public counter” shall mean a counter or other device which shall, at all times, publicly indicate how many times the machine has been operated at an election;

(8) The words “protective counter” shall mean a counter or protective device or devices that will register each time the machine is operated, and shall be constructed and so connected that it cannot be reset, altered or operated, except by operating the machine;

(9) The words “voting machine booth” shall mean the enclosure occupied by the voter when voting;

(10) The word “model” shall mean a mechanically operating model of a portion of the face of the machine, illustrating the manner of voting;

(11) The word “custodian” shall mean the person charged with the duty of testing and preparing the voting machine for the election and instructing the election officers in the use of the voting machine;

(12) The words “election” and “elections,” whenever used in this act, shall be held to include and mean all general, municipal, primary, and special elections;

(13) The word “borough” shall be held to include incorporated towns;

(14) The word “seal,” and other words of the singular number relative thereto, shall include the plural number as applied to a voting machine, designed to be made secure with two or more seals.